GML And Geo-Spatial Web Services
Conference 2005

One Day Introduction to Geospatial Interoperability

Overview

The key role of geographic information has been increasingly emphasized in supporting local, state, federal and international agencies along with business and educational establishments in their critical infrastructure protection tasks. Geospatial interoperability enables these organizations to share information and seamlessly integrate it from a variety of heterogeneous sources. This workshop provides an overview of geospatial interoperability and what it takes to make it happen using the latest OGC and ISO TC211 geospatial standards.

This workshop is designed to empower decision makers with the fundamental principles of geospatial interoperability and the latest applicable industry standards and solutions in the areas of data and data access, metadata and catalogs as well as maps and visualization. The workshop focuses on implementation standards (such as WMS, WFS, WCS, GML) that can be used by producers and consumers of geographic information to reap the benefits of geospatial interoperability. In addition, the workshop provides guidelines on system development approaches to implement or integrate interoperable components within any organization's architecture.

Audience

The workshop benefits decision makers who are interested in learning the basic principles of geospatial interoperability and how to integrate geospatial standards within their existing or planned applications. The workshop provides a high level overview of relevant OGC, ISO and other standards and how they fit within a more general geospatial interoperability architecture.

Goals

1. Define geospatial interoperability and explore its benefits for your project and organization
2. Survey the landscape of geospatial standards and evaluation criteria for geospatial information standards
3. Provide a road map for approaching the integration of components of a geospatial interoperability architecture within your organization

Topics Covered

I. Geospatial Interoperability: Overview

• Definition
• Benefits and impact on organizations
• Role of standards and reference models
• Planning for interoperability in system development

I. Geospatial Interoperability: Overview

• Definition
• Benefits and impact on organizations
• Role of standards and reference models
• Planning for interoperability in system development

II. Geospatial Standards Landscape

• Data and Data Access
• Location Referencing
• Maps and Visualization
• Catalogs and Metadata
• GeoProcessing Services
• Information Communities

III. Interoperability and System Development: Putting It All Together

• Approaches and Guidelines for Implementing Interoperable Systems

Prerequisites/Recommendations
Solid knowledge of GIS.